Social media community management that actually replies.
Somebody asked a question under your last post four days ago. Nobody answered it, and it is still sitting there where everyone considering you can read it. That is the service, and it is the one clients notice the absence of first.
Writes the escalation rules for every inbox we run.. Last updated August 2026.
This is the report you get, not a result you are promised.
What is social media community management?
Answering everyone who talks to your brand, quickly and in your voice.
A social media community manager handles the half of social that is not publishing: replies to comments, DMs, mentions and reviews, moderation, and passing on the messages that are actually enquiries. Community management social media work is unglamorous, and it is where most accounts leak money. It also affects reach directly. Engagement in the first hour is what decides how far a post travels, so a comment answered in ten minutes is worth more than the same answer given tomorrow. Silence is not neutral. It is a signal, to the algorithm and to everyone reading. The publishing half sits here.
What social media community management services cover
Facebook Marketing
Page-feed reach has been falling for a decade and is not coming back — what still works is everything that isn’t the feed: groups, events and local recommendations. See the honest list of what Facebook is still good for.
- Page management
- Group strategy
- Events
- Review and recommendation responses
Instagram Marketing
Reels reach people who don’t follow you, carousels get saved by people who do, and stories serve the audience you already have — most accounts post the same idea in all three. See the format matrix that decides which each post should be.
- Content production across all four formats
- Profile and highlight structure
- Caption and hashtag approach
- Community management
TikTok Marketing
Most brand accounts fail in the first three seconds, not the algorithm — TikTok distributes content rather than audiences, so a new account can outreach an established one. See the hook, taken apart.
- Short-form production at volume
- Hook testing, run as a process
- Trend participation, judged rather than followed
- Creator partnerships
LinkedIn Marketing
Posts from a named person reach several times further than the same post from a company page, so we run founder content and employee advocacy rather than broadcasting from the logo. See the B2B content ladder.
- Founder ghostwriting and editing
- Content calendar built around positioning
- Employee advocacy programme
- Monthly reporting on enquiries, not likes
Content Creation
We plan, produce and schedule it: reels, carousels, stories, graphics and captions in your voice, so the feed stays consistent in the weeks when you are busy. See what a month of content takes to produce.
- Short-form video and reels
- Branded graphics and carousels
- Caption and hashtag writing
- Scheduling and publishing
The reply playbook, agreed before we answer anyone
| # | What comes in | How it is handled |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Questions we can answer | Hours, prices, availability, service scope. Answered directly, in your voice, from facts you supplied. |
| 2 | Questions only you can answer | Anything about a specific job, order or patient. Routed to you with the context attached, not left waiting. |
| 3 | Complaints | Acknowledged publicly, moved to DM, escalated to you. Never argued with in the comments, where everyone is watching. |
| 4 | Leads | Qualified in DM and passed to your team the same day, with what we learned. |
| 5 | Spam and abuse | Hidden or removed by rules you approved, so moderation is a policy rather than a judgement call at eleven at night. |
| 6 | Praise | Answered, and where appropriate turned into a review request, because the moment somebody says something kind is the moment to ask. |
Every row is agreed with you before we reply to a single person, and the whole playbook fits on one page.
How we work
Four steps, and the playbook is agreed first.
Agree the playbook
Six rows, signed off, before we reply to anyone.
Take the inboxes
Comments, DMs, mentions and tagged posts across every platform you run.
Reply daily and engage proactively
Answering is the floor. Starting conversations is what grows the account.
Report what people asked
Which becomes next month's content brief.
Results our clients can measure
Questions nobody had answered
Four months of unanswered comments, cleared and answered. Several were people asking how to buy.
A complaint handled before it moved
Acknowledged and taken to DM within the hour, rather than becoming a review on a page with more readers.
DM leads never passed on
Enquiries sitting unread in an inbox nobody owned, routed to the sales team the same day.
Named case studies with verified metrics publish as each client approves them.
Built on real E-E-A-T, not promises
The playbook is yours
You approve every rule before we use it, and you can change any of them at any time.
Social and community are one job
Which is why these five sit in the same plan rather than five invoices.
Paid Social Comment sentiment on an ad is the fastest signal you will get about creative, so the ad account and the inbox should be read together.
SEO The questions people ask in DMs are the questions they type into Google, which makes the inbox a keyword research tool nobody bills for.
Web Design The same question asked five times is a missing page, and fixing it on the site stops it being asked a sixth.
Online Reputation A complaint on Instagram and a one-star on Google are the same conversation, so both get the same answer.
AI Services Nobody staffs an inbox at midnight, which is where automated replies for the overflow earn their place.
Your Industry A restaurant inbox and a clinic inbox need different rules. See how it differs by industry.
Questions people ask about content marketing
How fast do you reply?
Do you reply as us or as an agency?
What happens with a complaint?
Can you handle DMs as well as comments?
Do you moderate?
Book your free strategy call
Send us your accounts and we will tell you how many unanswered questions are sitting on them right now.
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